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No. e|9,24|. Patentd Feb. 7, I899. F. H. VAN LODZEN.

RULING MACHINE.

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FRED HENRY VAN LOOZEN, OF CLEVELAND, OIIIO.

RULING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 619,241, dated February'7, 1899-.

Application filed April 17, 1895. Renewed July 19, 1898. $erial No.686,375. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED HENRY VAN Loo- ZEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Ruling-Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inpaperruling machines, and aims to provide a simple and automaticmechanism for interrupting the ruling at required points, so that asheet of paper may be ruled with continuous lines or broken andinterrupted lines, as required, and which will automatically grip andrelease the sheet to be ruled at the proper time, all as will appearmore fully hereinafter.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the subjoineddescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich-- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a paper-rulin g machineconstructed in accordance with and embodying the vital principles of theinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, parts being brokenaway. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the movable bed which carries thesheet to be ruled to the ruling mechanism. Fig. 4 is a side elevation ofthe ruling mechanism, showing the relative disposition of the parts whenthe paper-guides are down, the ruling devices out of operative relation,and the paper-detent in position to remove the paper from the bed as thelatter makes its return travel, one set of ruling devices being omittedfor the sake of simplicity of illustration. Fig. 5 is a View similar toFig. 4, showing the relative arrangement of the parts when thepaper-guides are up, the ruling devices lowered, and the paper-detentabove the plane of the bed. Fig. 6 is a detail view in section of twotracks, showing the relative disposition of the bed and the adjacentlongitudinal beam of the frame. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of theruling and ink-distributing provisions, having an intermediate portionbroken away. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the paper-detent. Fig. 9 isa detail view of the paper-gripping mechanism.

The framework for supporting the operating parts of the machine maybe ofany suitable construction best adapted for the purpose, and, as shown,comprises corner-posts 1, lower longitudinal beams 2, upper longitudinalbeams 3, and suitable cross-beams 4 for bracingly connecting thelongitudinal beams, whereby a substantial structure is attained forsustaining the operating parts of the machine. At the front end of theframework is placed a table 5, upon which the'pile of paper 6 to beruled is placed, said table inclining inwardly and downwardly tofacilitate the feed of the paper to the ruling mechanism. At theopposite or rear end of the framework is placed a support or shelf 7 ata lower level than the top of the said framework to receive the paper 8after it has been ruled. Tracks or rails 9 are placed on the inner-sideof the longitudinal beams 3 to support the movable bed 10 in itsreciprocatory movements, said bed having lateral extensions 11, by meansof which it is supported and held in proper position upon the tracks 9.The bed 10 is provided with a pendent projection 12, which hasconnection by means of a link 13 with a bar 14:, that is pivoted at itslower end to the front portion of the framework, and is connected midwayof its ends by means of a pitman 15 with a crank 16, movable with ashaft 17, upon which is mounted a balancewheel 18, which receives itsmotion from a suitable source of power to reciprocate the bed when themachine is in'use for ruling paper. A lever 19, pivoted between its endsto a longitudinal beam 2, has a friction-pulley 20 at one end, which isdriven by means.

of a belt 21 from a suitable source of power and is adapted to bebrought in engagement with the balance-wheel 18 to rotate the latterwhen the machine is in gear, said lever 19 having a foot-rest 22 at itsfront end for the foot to obtain a purchase upon to operate the lever tobring the pulley 20 in contact with the wheel 18.

The bed 10 will be suitably covered by tympan or other material commonin the art of printing for covering platens, audhas stops 23 at itsopposite ends for engagement with the paper-ruling mechanism to throwthe latter in and out of working position, as willappear more fullyhereinafter. have adjustable connection with the ends .of

These stops 23 the bed and are slotted at their inner ends to receivebinding-screws 24, by means of which they are held in the locatedposition. That end of the machine receiving the paper to be ruled willbe designated as the front end position by convenient fastening means,such as the binding-screws 27. An arm 28 is secured upon one end of thetransverse shaft 26 and is adapted to be struck by stops 29, properlydisposed and having adjustable connection with a longitudinal beam 3 ofthe framework. These stops 29 are slotted and secured in the locatedposition by'means of binding-screws 30 in the ordinary manner. A secondarm 31 is secured to the shaft 26, and has a rod 32, upon which acoil-spring 33 is mounted, attached thereto, said rod operating at itsfree end through a suitable guide 34, between which and the arm 31 thesaid spring 33 is confined. The arms 28 and 31 are approximatelyright-angularly disposed, and the arm 28 swings from one side of aperpendicular line to the other, according as the gripping-fingers 25are opened and closed, and the arm 31 swings correspondingly above andbelow a line passing horizontally through the axis of the shaft 26.Hence it will be seen that by this disposition of the parts the spring33 serves the dual purpose of holding the gripping-fingers open andclosed.

Standards 35 are mounted upon the longitudinal beams 3 and havecorresponding openings at difierent relative levels to form bearings forthe ends of a series of transverse shafts 36, which support thepaper-guides, the ruling mechanism, and the paper-detent. Thepaper-guide is composed of a series of arms 37, which are attached attheir inner ends to the lowermost shaft 36, and bracket extensions 38,adjustably connected with the outer portions of the said arms 37, thevertical members 39 of the bracket extensions extending across the pathof the paper to limit the forward movement of the sheet when the latteris fed to be caught by the gripping mechanism of the movable bed 10. Theruling mechanism is mounted in a frame comprising side pieces 40, whichare attached at their inner ends to the lowest shaft 36 and which haveupwardly-extending portions 41, having notches ,42 in their edges toreceive the journals of a series of rollers 43, 44, and 45, said rollersbeing held within the notches by latches 46, which extend across theopen sides of the said notches, as will be readily comprehended. Theside pieces extend in a diametrically opposite direction to the arms 37.Hence when the paper-guide is lowered the ruling mechanism is elevated,and vice versa'. An arm 47 is secured to the lowermost shaft 36 andprojects therefrom in an opposite direction to the arms 37 and isconstructed to be engaged at its free end with a horizontallymovable'bar 48, by means of which the free end of the arm 47 can be lifted andthe ruling mechanism raised from engagement with the paper being ruled.A pin or laterally-extending portion at the outer end of the arm 47projects across the path of the bar 48 and is engaged by the inner block58, so as to attain the desired result and movement of the arm 47. Ahandle-bar 49, having an inwardlyextending pin 50'projecting across thepath of the arm 47, is pivoted at its lower end to a bracket 51, securedto the frame, and this handle-bar is adapted tobe turned so as to raisethe arm 47 at will and lift the paperruling mechanism from engagementwith the bed or the paper thereon. By this means the paper-rulingmechanism is at all times under the control of the attendant, and can bethrown out of operative relation when required for any desired purpose.Hence should a sheet of paper become out of register or becomedisarranged upon the bed, the ruling mechanism can be lifted, therebypreventing spoiling of the sheet.

The rollers 43 and 44 supply ink to the circular markers 52 in theordinary manner commonly practiced in the art of printing. Themarking-roller 45 comprises a series of circular markers 52, strung upona shaft 53 and spaced apart by interposed washers or collars 54, mountedupon the shaft 53, the circular markers and washers being held in afixed relation by end collars 55, secured upon the end portions of theshaft 53 by binding-screws or other appropriate fastening means. Rollersor broad-faced disks 56 are secured upon the end portions of the shaft53 and are of a size to correspond to the diameter of the circularmarkers 52 and engage with the roller 44 and prevent the circularmarkers 52 from cutting into and otherwise injuring the inking-roller44, and these disks 56 are adapted to engage with and travel upon theedge portions of the bed 10, so as to impart a rotary movement to theshaft 53 and the circular markers carried thereby. The spacing washersor collars 54 vary in length, so as to regulate the distance between thecircular markers corresponding to the distance apart at which it isrequired to rule thelines, and these parts 54 and the circular markersare adapted to be removed from the shaft 53 and differently related tocorrespond to the nature of the required ruling. If required, theinkdistributing rollers can be adjusted longitudinally and supplied withdifferent-colored inks in bands, so that a variegated ruling may beobtained, if desired. The rollers or disks 56 will in practice haverubber-faced treadsurfaces to prevent inj urious contact with theink-distributing roller 44 and with the bed 10, and another advantage isthe frictional engagement between the said rollers and the bed, wherebya positive movement of the marking-roller is obtained in the operationof the machine.

V The bar 48 has pivotal connection at its ends with arms 57, which arepivoted midway of their ends to similar brackets 51, mounted upon theframework of the machine, and said bar will have blocks 58 adjustablyand removably attached thereto to assist in conjunction with thevertical movement of the said bar 48 to lift the ruling mechanism fromengagement with the paper being ruled when the bed is reaching the limitof its movement in each direction. These blocks 58 have slotted portions59, through which binding-screws 60 pass to attach the blocks to the bar48 in the desired position. One end of each block 58 is beveled, asshown at 61, to facilitate the riding of the engaging portion of therespective arm thereon to the top of the block. The lower ends of thearms 57 are adapted to be engaged by the st-ops'23, and when said lowerends are moved toward the rear the bar 48 will be elevated and lift theruling mechanism from engagement with the bed, and when moved in anopposite direction or toward the front of the machine the bar 48 and theruling mechanism will be lowered and the paper-detent correspondinglyelevated.

The paper-detent consists of a "bar 62, secured at its inner end to thetopmost shaft 36 and having its outer portion 63 bent downwardly andforwardly and provided with a cross-head 64, having prongs 65 atintervals in its length to engage with the paper after the latter hasbeen ruled to remove itfrom the bed as the latter returns to a normalposition at the front end of the machine to receive another sheet to beruled. WVhen the ruling mechanism is performing work and the bed isadvancing to the rear end of the machine, the paper-detent is held outof service, and when the bed reaches the limit of its movement at therear end of the machine and is about to return to a normal position thestop 23 at the front end of the bed engages with the front arm 57,reverses its position, elevates the bar 48, lifts the ruling mechanism,and lowers the paper-detent, the prongs 65 of which engage with theruled sheet and remove it from the bed as the latter returns to thefront end of the machine. At or about the time the stop 23 strikes thearm 57 the arm 28 engages with the stop 29, and the paper-grippingmechanism is released, thereby freeing the ruled sheet, which is removedfrom the bed in the manner described. The ruled sheet as it isdisengaged from the bed drops upon the support 7 and forms the pile S.In order to prevent the ends of the grippingfingers. 25 from engaging orotherwise interfering with the free removal of the sheet from the bed,it has been found expedient to provide a series of curved guards 66,over which the sheet glides in its displacement from the bed 10. Thesecurved guards 66 may be wire, light bars, or strips of metal, which aresecured to the rear end of the bed 10 and curve rearwardly anddownwardly therefrom.

Then it is required to interrupt the ruling, so as to produce brokenlines, strips or projections 67 are provided and located in the path ofthe rollers 56, which latter when riding over the projections 67 willlift the ruling mechanism from engagement with the sheet being ruled. Itwill be understood that the length of the projections 67 will correspondwith the space or interruption in the lines of ruling and that they willbe supplied in suflicient number to correspond with the required numberof spaces or interruptions in the lines to be ruled. It is notabsolutely necessary to provide projections for each roller, as one setmay be made to answer the desired purpose. In order to provide for theadjustment, interchangeability, and the removal of the projections 67, atrack 68 has been devised and is secured to the edge portion of the bed,being disposed so that the roller 56 adjacent thereto will travel uponthe said track, which latter consists of two parts 69 and 70, which areadapted to be secured together by bolts 71, between which theprojections or strips 67 are clamped, one of the parts, as 70, having aledge 72, upon which the strips 67 are supported. This part of theinvention will be readily understood when it is remembered that theplane of the track 68 corresponds with the level of the bed 10 and thatthe strips 67 project a short distance above the plane of the surface ofthe said bed. Hence when the roller 56 is traveling on the track betweenthe strips 67 the ruling mechanism will be lowered and performing work;but when the roller 56 engages with and travels upon the strips 67 theruling mechanism will be elevated and held out of engagement with thesheet, and consequently the ruling will be interrupted.

. It must be understood that the ruling mechanism can be provided andused singly or increased by providing duplicate sets of ruling mechanismsubstantially as herein described, and when increasing the number beyondone the arms of the side pieces 40 must be extended, so that thedifferent sets will occupy positions relatively in advance of oneanother'to admit of the marking-rollers making engagement with the sheetto be ruled. It will also be understood that the bar 48 must belengthened and that a block 58 must be had for each ruling device toengage with its respective elevating-arm 4:7 to lift the rulingmechanism atthepropertime. Obviouslythe rollers of the respective rulingdevices must be of different lengths to admit of one ruling deviceoperating independently of the other, and the tracks 68 must be providedin sulficient number and disposed so as to. engage with the roller 56 ofeach ruling device, where by each is automatically operatedindependently of the other, as will be readily understood. The shaft 36,supporting the primary ruling mechanism, is the only one of the seriesprovided with and carrying the paperguide, and the topmost shaft carriesthe paperdetent solely, and between these two shafts are disposed theshafts, one or more, carrying the extra or duplicate ruling devices.When more than one ruling device is provided, the circular markers ofeach will be differently related, so that the markers of one rulingdevice will not track in the path of the circular markers of the otherruling device, and by having the circular markers so disposed the linesmay be ruled as close together as required and one set of lines can beinterrupted at points difierent from the interruptions in any other set,thereby providing for a variety of ruling to meet all requirements whereit is desired to have broken lines of the same or different colors.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The paper to be ruled isplaced in a pile upon the table 5 and is fed one sheet at a timeforward, and is brought in register by the paper-guide by having itsfront edge engage with the vertical extensions 39. The bed 10, movingtoward the front end of the machine with the gripping-fingers open,causes the arm 28 to engage with the stop 29 and close thegripping-fingers upon the projecting edge of the sheet and grip the samewhen the said bed is reaching the limit of its return movement. 'At thesame instant the rear stop 23 will strike the rear arm 57 and move thebar 48, so as to lower the ruling mechanism and elevate the paper-guide,and the bed moving toward the rear end of the machine carries the sheetbeneath the ruling mechanism, the ruling being effected in the mannerpreviously described, and as the bed reaches the limit of its rearwardmovement the arm 28 is engaged by the rear stop 29 and the grippingarms25 are opened and release the sheet, and at the same time the front stop23, engaging with the front arm 57, moves the bar 58, so as to lift theruling mechanism from engagement with the paper and lower thepaperdetent, which engaging with the ruled sheet removes it from the bedas the latter returns to a normal position, substantially in the mannerhereinbefore set forth. The paperdetent is controlled in its movementsby a block 74, similar in construction to the blocks 58 and attached ina like manner, but in an inverse position, to the bar 48, said block 74being disposed to engage with an arm 73, made fast at its upper end tothe shaft 36, carrying the paper-detent.

In order to adapt the invention to various styles of machines accordingto the nature of the work to be performed, it must be distinctlyunderstood that changes in the form, proportion, and the minor detailsof construction may be resorted to without departing from the principleor sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In apaper-ruling machine, the combination with a ruling mechanism capable ofvertical movement, and a bed to carry the paper to be ruled adapted toreciprocate beneath the ruling mechanism, of a longitudinal barextending across the path of a portion of the frame of the rulingmechanism, pivoted arms normally inclining to the vertical andsupporting the said longitudinal bar, and a stop carried by thereciprocating bed to engage with one of said pivoted arms to effect avertical movement of the said ruling mechanism, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a ruling-machine, the combination of a ruling mechanism adapted tomove vertically, a longitudinal bar extending across the path of aportion of the frame of the ruling mechanism, upright arms pivotedintermediate of their ends and carrying the longitudinal bar, areciprocating bed for supporting the paper to be ruled provided withstops to alternately engage with the said pivoted arms to actuate thelongitudinal bar and effect a vertical movement of the ruling mechanismpositively in each direction, a paper-gripping mechanism placed at thefront end of the reciprocating bed, and stops disposed to engage withand automatically open and close the paper-gripping mechanism,substantially as set forth.

3. In a ruling-machine, the combination with a ruling mechanism and arelatively movable bed, of a track comprising two parts, one of saidparts having a supporting-ledge, strips,or projections, spaced atintervals apart and secured between the parts of the track andsustainedupon the said supporting-ledge, and constructed to engage withthe ruling mechanism and automatically throw the same out of engagementwith the sheet, whereby broken or interrupted lines are ruled, andfastenings for clamping the strips between the parts of thetrack andsecuring the latter to the bed, substantially in the manner set forth.

4. In a ruling-machine, the combination with a ruling mechanism and atraveling bed provided with stops, of a bar supported upon pivoted arms,which latter project across the path of the stops carried by the saidbed and are actuated thereby to raise and lower the Said bar, and thelatter being constructed to engage with and raise and lower the rulingmechanism, substantially in the manner set forth.

5. In a ruling-machine, in combination, a ruling mechanism, areciprocating bed provided with stops, upright arms pivoted betweentheir ends and having their lower portions extended within the path ofthe stops provided on the bed, a bar having pivotal connection with thesaid pivoted arms, and

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blocks detachably connected with the said bar and having a beveledportion to engage with a projecting portion of the ruling mechanism tothrow the latter in and out of operative relation, substantially asdescribed for the purpose set forth.

6. In a ruling-machine, the combination of a ruling mechanism and apaper-guide extending in opposite directions and pivotally supported,and related so that when the paper-guide is lowered the ruling mechanismis elevated, and vice versa, and a reciprocating bed provided with stopsadapted to engage with and throw the ruling mechanism in and out ofworking position, substantially as set forth.

7. In a rulingmachine, the combination of a ruling mechanism, apaper-guide, a reciprocating bed provided with stops to throw the rulingmechanism and paper-guide in and out of working position, and apaper-detent to engage with the ruled sheet and remove the latter fromthe bed when the same is returning to a normal position, substantiallyas described.

8. In a ruling-machine, the combination with a ruling mechanism, and areciprocating bed, of apaper-detent comprising a pivotallysupported armhaving a cross-head at one end formed at intervals in its length withprongs, and mechanism for vibrating the arm to lower the cross-head topermit its prongs to engage with the ruled sheet and remove the latterfrom the bed when the same is returning to a normal position,substantially as described.

9. ,In a ruling-machine, the combination with a pivoted frame comprisingside pieces having upright extensions provided with a series ofupwardly-inclined notches in their edges and a series of cooperatingrollers journaled in the said notches, the lowest roller of the serieshaving a number of circular markers which are strung upon a shaft andproperly spaced apart, and rollers 56, of substantially the samediameter as the circular markers, mounted upon the same shaft with thesaid markers, of a reciprocating bed to support the sheet to be ruled,and projections at intervals in the length of the bed to act inconjunction with the said rollers 56 substantially as described for thepurpose set forth.

10. In a ruling-machine, the combination with a ruling mechanism and apaper-detent, of a reciprocating bed provided at its rear end withpaper-gripping devices, and curved guards attached to the rear end ofthe said bedto prevent interference of the gripping devices with thesheet when the latter is leaving the bed through the instrumentality ofthe paper-detent, substantially as set forth.

l1. Aruling-machine comprising a frame, a series of transverse shaftsdisposed in vertical relation and mounted in bearings provided instandards rising vertically from the frame of the machine, a rulingmechanism attached to the lowest shaft, a paper-guide secured to thesame shaft with the ruling mechanism and extending in an oppositedirection thereto, a bar pivotally attached to upright arms and providedwith removable blocks, one of which engages with an arm havingconnection with the lowest transverse shaft, a paper-detent secured tothe top transverse shaft, an arm having connection with said top shaftand adapted to engage with one of the blocks on the aforesaid bar, areciprocating bed provided with a paper-gripping mechanism and havingstops to engage with the said upright arms to actuate the paperdetent,the ruling mechanism, and the paperguide, and projections on the saidbed to engage with the ruling mechanism and produce broken orinterrupted lines, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED HENRY VAN LOOZEN.

WVitnesses:

L. A. WILsON, A. A. ODELL.

